Abstract |
Primary tuberculous pyomyositis is a rare manifestation of musculoskeletal tuberculosis especially in immunocompetent individuals without a focus of tuberculosis in the body and the underlying bone disease. It can cause a diagnostic dilemma for a physician and surgeon because of its similar presentation to soft tissue sarcomas, hematomas, and myopathies. We present a case of a 45-year-old immunocompetant gentleman with a thigh swelling with sepsis due to pyomyositis of the quadriceps requiring a multimodal management of drainage of abscess, debridement of devitalized muscle, antitubercular drugs, and physiotherapy. In a tubercular endemic country, a high index of suspicion is required to diagnose this disease which can be cured completely.
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Authors | M A Modi, A D Mate, A M Nasta, A K Gvalani |
Journal | Case reports in infectious diseases
(Case Rep Infect Dis)
Vol. 2013
Pg. 723879
( 2013)
ISSN: 2090-6625 [Print] Egypt |
PMID | 24367732
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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